Pluton (1796)

Pluton was a 32-gun sixth-rate ship of the line of the French Navy that was launched in 1796 during the French Revolutionary Wars. The ship was built in Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue, and Pluton took part in attacks on American shipping in the Caribbean. On 17 October 1798, Pluton was sunk by USS Valiant after a naval battle in the Caribbean during the Quasi-War.